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He led her into his room, Pulling out hsi spare two suitcases. "Fit as much as you can in these without breaking in it" he said. "Take clothes, first then important stuff from the kitchen." he said. He opened up his closet and start folding clothes and putting them into the smaller of the two suitcases.

Cody nodded, she started to help her brother fold clothes and pack them. She sat in on the bed after piling his clothes up on the bed and folded them neatly and put them in teh suit case, trying to make sure everything was packed as small as possible to make room for things,
"So ya sai' Da' was ba'man, w'a' was 'e li'e?" she asked him quietly as she folded clothes,
"An' w'a' was Ma li'e?" she asked, curios, she was quiet about asking though, nervous incase she got Blue mad.

He sighed, a little reluctant. Finally he answered, "Our dad was mean, he'd hit us and hurt us hurt himself a lot through drinking and smoking. Mom was ok but she always supported him even when he was wrong and that made me mad." He sighed again, stuffing the last of the clothes into the bag.

Cody pixk up on of the suitcases and ragged it into the living room. Though too Blue the suitcases might eb small to her they were rather large beause she so malnourished and tiny. She put the suitcase on the livingroom floor.

"Um no. I don't think so atleast" he replied. He took the larger bag into the living room, and carefully wrapped plates and utensils in thin layers of bubble wrap, fitting them inside the rest of the space of the smaller suitcase and into the larger one. Soon, everything was packed. He decided he would try and fit his little TV in. He wrapped it up with the remote inside and stuffed it in. He took bathing equipment and stuffed it into the rest of the space.

Cody watched Blue pack, she sat on the couch, her legs crossed. She pulled her shirt down lower on her leg, trying to hide the brand on her upper thigh. She didn't want ehr rbother to see it, normally it was hidden by the shirt but when she sat down the shirt had showed it for a split second until she pulled teh shirt over it.

Cody hung her head and tugged at her shirt more,
"I's...not'in'." she mumbled, nervously. In reality it was her master's mark, every master she'd been to had given her a brand to mark her, the one on her thigh was her newest one. She put her hand over the place where the mark was, tugging her shirt more to cover it up.

"I'm pretty sure I saw something" he replied. In a few paces, he reached her. He kneeled down before her. "What is it? You don't need to be worried about telling me anything. I'm you brother. You can tell me anything. I won't hurt you" he said sincerely.

Cody shook her head, she didn't like her brands, they were horrible, usually the shape they were in was bad and it marked that she was a slave,
"No...no...i''s not'n'." she whispered, pressing her hand against her thigh.

Cody could tell that Blue wasn't happy she hadn't showed him. SHe gripped her tiny thigh tightly,
"I don'' wanna git ya upse', plea'e don'' 'e mad'." she whispered, scared he'd erupt at her if she didn't show him. Her finngera nervously fiddled with the hem of her shirt.

Cody's tiny body shook with silent sobs of fear, tears started to drip down her face. She just wanted to forget being a slave, yet she knew all the marks she had would never let her. She didn't want her brother to judge her becuase she was branded nad broken. COdy was scared, she didn't know how her brother would react when he saw the brand marks or what he would do if she didn't show him.
Slow her fingers pulled back teh fabric on from her thigh and showed a reddish pink burn deep in her skin, it was her master's name sh ekenw and some symbols she didn't udnerstand but she knew were bad.

His eyes widened slightly. Instead of even looking at the mark, he wiped her little tears away with his thumb. "I won't get upset. This isn't like it was over there. I'm your brother, not your master" he said in his attempt at a soothing voice.

"Ya-ya wan'ed to see itg...I don' wanna git ya mad." Cody said nervously, the brand still stung and hrt a lot, she covered it up again and wrapped her arms around her chest,
"I gotta alo' of bran's." she whispered nervously.